FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

General questions about food4future


What is food4future and how is it funded?


How is the research consortium structured?


How can I participate in food4future?


How can I participate in food4future as a student?


Where do I find publications of the research project?


On which social media channels can I follow food4future?


What are the extreme scenarios "No Land" and "No Trade"?


Which developments promote the occurrence of the scenarios?


How does food4future contribute to sustainability?


What is the Future Food Living Lab at food4future?


Project-Related Questions about food4future


Why jellyfish, crickets, salt plants (halophytes) and macroalgae?


Are foods containing f4f organisms already commercially available?


Where will the food4future model organisms be cultivated?


Insights into Our Research Projects


Makroalgae: Why are we working with macroalgae at food4future - and where are they used?


Halophytes: What makes halophytes exciting plants of the future - and how are they cultivated?


Jellyfish: Why is food4future researching jellyfish as food - and how are they cultivated?


Housecrickets: What makes house crickets a sustainable source of protein - and where is it already available?


Nutrient availability: How healthy are macroalgae - and what is being researched at food4future?


Indoor cultivation: What are “urban biospaces” - and how do they work?


Digital tools: What is food4future's Digital Tool Suite - and what can we do with it?


Environmental and economic analysis: How sustainable and economical are the f4f cultivation systems - and how does food4future investigate this?


Novel food influences: What are Novel Foods - and how does food4future investigate their way into our everyday lives?


Frequently Asked (and sometimes strange) Questions for food4future


Is your food suitable for people living in the year 3025?


What do you do when you run out of future?


Is food4future a secret NASA experiment?


And what does any of this have to do with Penny?